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Case Study · Economic Development · 2023

Diagnosing the binding constraints in a women-led SME ecosystem.

A diagnostic of the financing, regulatory, and capability constraints holding back women-led SMEs in a major South Asian market — and an intervention design that addressed the binding ones rather than the visible ones.

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Partner: Bilateral donor

Year: 2023

This engagement is one of several Praxsys case studies in preparation. Once published, the case study will follow our standard structure: the challenge, the complication, our approach, what we found, the outcome, and reflections on what we learned.

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